Friendship Quilt Top

Maintenance and Project History

Overall

Size

• Length:85″
• Width: 68″

Condition

• Very Good
• Some yellowing of setting blocks and triangles.

Top

Fabric Description

• Cotton
• Prints / Solids
• Predominant Colors: White, Pink

General Organization

• Grid
  • 5 x 6 grid for 30 pieced blocks with setting squares and triangles.
  • Unit Description
    • Unit Name: variation on Album / Friendship Quilt Block or Roman Cross
      • There are three blocks in the Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns that have the same piecing pattern as the blocks in this quilt. The differences are the patterns created by the placement of fabric color. One color pattern matches the block found in this quilt – BB ID 3266 – Chimney Sweep.
    • Width: –“
    • Length: –“
• Setting
  • On-Point
  • Dimensions of
    • Setting Triangles: –” x — “
    • Setting Blocks: –” x — “
    • Corner Triangles: –” x — “
• Techniques: Patchwork
• Stitching Method: Hand
• Workmanship of Piecing: Very Good
• Workmanship of Setting: Very Good
• Other Descriptions
  • It appears that the setting blocks are yellowing more rapidly than the white fabric on the interior of the cross. – Different fabric? Assembled at different times?
  • This block was intended to carry the signature of friends and family before quilted.

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